By Truan S.B. No. 1328
77R5365 KKA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a school district's entitlement to compensatory
1-3 education allotments under the school finance system.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 42.152(a) and (b), Education Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A district is entitled to:
1-8 (1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
1-9 allotment multiplied by 0.2 for each student who:
1-10 (A) is educationally disadvantaged;
1-11 (B) does not have a disability and resides in a
1-12 residential placement facility in a district in which the student's
1-13 parent or legal guardian does not reside;
1-14 (C) is enrolled in the state Medicaid program
1-15 under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; or
1-16 (D) is enrolled in the state child health plan
1-17 program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; and
1-18 (2) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
1-19 allotment multiplied by 2.41 [For each student who is educationally
1-20 disadvantaged or who is a student who does not have a disability
1-21 and resides in a residential placement facility in a district in
1-22 which the student's parent or legal guardian does not reside, a
1-23 district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the adjusted
1-24 basic allotment multiplied by 0.2, and by 2.41] for each full-time
2-1 equivalent student who is in a remedial and support program under
2-2 Section 29.081 because the student is pregnant.
2-3 (b) For purposes of this section:
2-4 (1) [,] the number of educationally disadvantaged
2-5 students is determined by averaging the best six months' enrollment
2-6 in the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price
2-7 lunches for the preceding school year; and
2-8 (2) the number of students enrolled in the state
2-9 Medicaid program or the state child health plan program is:
2-10 (A) determined based on voluntary disclosure of
2-11 a student's enrollment in one of those programs by the student or
2-12 the student's parent and provision by the student or parent of any
2-13 supporting documentation required by the commissioner; or
2-14 (B) determined in another manner determined by
2-15 the commissioner that complies with any federal or state
2-16 confidentiality requirements applicable to those programs.
2-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.